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PATENTED AUG. 18, 1868. T. T. SINK. OYSTER DRBDGB.

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Letters Patent No. 81,304, dated August 18, 1868. i

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

' Be it known that L Tfl omss P smx of Fairton, in the county of Cumberland, and-State of-New Jersey, have invented Improvements in Oyster-Dredges; and I do hereby declare the following to he at'all and correct description of the seine, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 represents the dredge-rake, wi-th-ole'vis-ends; Figure 2 shows it dredge-rake, with ratchet-ends. Figure 3, the dredgecomp'l ete. 4

The nature of my invention consists in connecting each end of a dredge-rake with bolts or pivots to the dredge-frame, so that the rake can be adjusted. anH set to any pitch desired by the operator, and hold fast in its position by s cleris or ratphet, as shown inthe drawings nt fig. 3.

The letter a repfesen'ts the dredge-trains.

Letter (2, the rake. I

Letter c, the bolts or pivots for the r alteto hang upon,

Letter d, the olevis.

Letter 2; the ratchet.

The object of this invention is toenshle'theoysterlnen to set their dredge mike to the proper pitch i'eq uired for either ehsrd or soft bottom, or it can be readily ndjusted for rep nirs or i'new rake hung in its place','without going ashore to a blecksmitlflst e g rent expensesnd loss' of time, 5s heretofore.

What I claim as'my invention, andndesire to secure-by'LettersPat'ent, is t The construction of an oyster-dredge with an adjustable 'rnlte', seih'erein' described, end forfthe'p's-rpose setforth. e

I also claim the olevis or ratchet, or its equi'vslenflin combin'etion'with. an oyster-dredge, forth? purpose I of setting snd keeping a dredge-rake to the. proper pitch,'s-s herein described, sudforthe'itnrposeseteforth.

The above specification of my shit! invention signed end witnessedfetPhiladelithip, this 19th any of May; A.D.1868. j Pk Witnesses:

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